Placesvillage; housing estate noun
- mùu low
- bâan falling
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
How to use it
หมู่บ้านmùu-bâan is a "group of houses". Out in the provinces it's a village, and villages are numbered: an address with หมู่ห้าmùu hâa is in village number five of its subdistrict.
In Bangkok and other cities the same word means a housing estate, rows of houses behind one gate with a guard, so a city friend who lives ในหมู่บ้านnai mùu-bâan hasn't moved to the countryside.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- mu ban
- moo baan
- mooban
- moo ban
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